Mar 10, 2009

Flower & Gift Projects for Teens } Project No. 1

My friend works at St. Luke's Catholic School in Shoreline, and since my husband and I both have our own businesses, she asked us to share our talents by teaching some elective classes to the 7th & 8th graders this trimester. My husband is teaching a class on the Art of DJ-ing and I decided to do some floral & gift projects for my class.

Here is a photo of the first project we made on Monday! This gift package would make a nice shower souvenir or parting gift and includes a set of bamboo chopsticks and a paper fortune cookie. The girls loved that they got to make one for themselves and they all said they felt like Martha Stewart, lol! I will share all of my projects with you... I'm doing this twice a week until June, whew!

This project is super easy. Here are the details so you can make one yourself...

Materials:

Origami, Scrapbook, or Colored Paper for fortune cookie and tab top

White Paper for fortune saying - 3/4"W x 4"L

Chopsticks (I got mine at Daiso... 12 sets for a $1.50... or try the dollar store)

1) Make paper fortune cookie. Great instructions here. I used a CD spindle to trace a circle, and glue dots to keep the cookie closed. Insert fortune saying.2) Assemble chopsticks.Take a floral sprig and center it over the pair of chopsticks. Wrap floral tape snuggly around both. Finish with a nice ribbon bow.3) Insert into clear bag.Slide in the fortune cookie first. Use chopsticks to push into place. Slide in the chopsticks at an angle. Cut a folded rectangle to fit over the bag opening like a clamshell. Staple to seal bag. You can write "Thank You" or a Name/Note on the tab.4) Give to someone special!

Interesting views.i like the concept of your post,most i love is your creation,looks simple but yet, very useful, it can be presents, or souvenir of some occasion.Will certainly try doing that myself. Thanks for the tips! I learned a lot here.keep it up!

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